Word: aplomb
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...comment on, despite pages of photos in Us Weekly of the two frolicking on a beach together. "We don't know--nor do you, nor does anyone, that they have actually hooked up anywhere," says Sanford Panitch, president of New Regency, which is releasing the film, with Clintonian aplomb. Whatever happened, they made a movie in which they look smooth trying to kill or kiss each other. Apart from Jennifer Aniston, who doesn't want to see that? --With reporting by Desa Philadelphia/Los Angeles
...cast, however, delivers the sometimes groan-worthy material with aplomb, throwing themselves into the jailings, cleanings, tangos, water-torture attempts, and unrequited pinings with zeal. As Dimna, Jones struts, saunters, and laughs evilly over her today-the-dining-hall-tomorrow-the-world outlook. As Peter, the hapless roommate of the kidnapped George, Sheldon is adorably overeager in his pursuit of Veronica...
...spouting pearls of pseudo-wisdom. Near the beginning, he gives a long monologue about how he went from an upright young man to a drunken partier. Besides being on a topic that may resonate for many Harvard students, the speech is delivered with the type of drunken-yet-dignified aplomb that most partiers could only wish...
Reagan displayed his usual aplomb and even cracked wise about his age at a White House banquet for Li. Toasting his 76-year-old guest, he said, "President Li comes from a nation whose people are known for their traditional respect for their elders. President Li, I can assure you that I'm doing my best to reestablish that tradition in our own country...
competent performances, tackling the physically and lexically demanding roles with aplomb...